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Kings’ sixth pick

With their second fourth-round pick (109th overall), the Kings selected center/winger Dwight King out of Lethbridge of the WHL. (By the way, I just looked it up. He would be the first player named King ever to play for the Kings.) King is 6-3, 218 pounds and was ranked as the 104th-best North American skater by Central Scouting. His bio said he patterns his game after Joe Thornton. King had 12 goals and 32 assists in 62 games with Lethbridge last season. He is the brother of St. Louis’ D.J. King.

Hockey News thought well of King and had him as their 79th-best prospect. ISS had him ranked 100th.

At this point, I’m going to step away for a while. The Kings are scheduled to make five more picks, so I’ll recap them later, plus I’m told Lombardi will do a conference call after the draft concludes, so I’ll post his comments then…

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Elliott Teaford is an award-winning hockey reporter based in Southern California and witnessed the L.A. Kings win the Stanley Cup in 2012 and in '14. He grew up playing outdoors on the streets of Philadelphia. He also watched the Flyers bully their way to consecutive Stanley Cups in the 1970s, and makes no excuses for their quasi-legal play.

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